BJP announces first list of 52 candidates for Jharkhand polls

Bharatiya Janata Party announces names of candidates for 52 seats out of 81 seats for the upcoming Jharkhand assembly polls. Chief Minister Raghubar Das to contest from Jamshedpur East and Jharkhand party president Laxman Giluwa to contest from Chakradharpur.

New Delhi:The Bharatiya Janata Party announced on Sunday its first list of 52 candidates for the Jharkhand assembly polls.

BJP announces first list of 52 candidates for Jharkhand polls

Chief Minister Raghubar Das will contest from Jamshedpur (East), while the BJP's state unit president Lakshman Gilua has been fielded from Chakradharpur, party General Secretary Arun Singh said at a press conference here in presence of BJP working president J P Nadda.

BJP announces first list of 52 candidates for Jharkhand polls

Jharkhand will vote in five phases, with the first one on November 30 and the last on December 20. Results will be declared on December 23.